Bill Ryder Jones & Gruff Rhys

28 Nov 2024

Philharmonic Hall

Gruff Rhys and Bill Ryder-Jones come together for a very special show at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Former frontman of Super Furry Animals and part of the band Neon Neon, Gruff Rhys is a songwriter, producer and award-winning storyteller from Bethesda in Wales who has consistently sought a variety of outlets for the spectrum of muses behind his creative flights.

With their blissful melodies, his solo records have explored untapped areas lyrically too. His first, Yr Atal Genhedlaeth, revelled in Welsh puns; American Interior celebrated 18th century explorer John Evans; Babelsberg offered a baroque take on the modern world; while Pang!created a multi-lingual mash-up, driven by folkish bleeps crafted in collaboration with South African artist-producer Muzi.

However, while all those records certainly explored fresh territory, the Top Ten charting Seeking New Gods climbed lyrically and musically onto totally new terrain and became Gruff Rhys’ most critically and commercially successful solo album yet. His latest album Sadness Sets Me Freehas received rave reviews and acclaimed to be amongst his finest work.